Feb 28 2014
Midland Exploration Inc. ("Midland") is pleased to announce the start of a diamond drilling campaign on its Laflamme property, to test high-priority targets located along a gold trend identified during the 2013 work program. The Laflamme property is located about 25 kilometres northwest of the town of Lebel-sur-Quévillon and about 30 kilometres east of the Sleeping Giant mine and mill in Quebec.
This drilling program, totalling about 1,000 metres in five (5) drill holes, will test three helicopter-borne VTEM-type electromagnetic anomalies as well as the depth and northeast strike extensions of the Notting Hill showing, where a wide gold-bearing zone was intersected in 2013 grading 0.34 g/t Au over 25.56 metres, including an interval at 3.12 g/t Au over 1.5 metres (see Midland press release dated March 28, 2013).
The three VTEM targets to be tested during this campaign (EM-09, EM-17 and EM-18) are all located along the favourable gold trend. Anomaly EM-09 is located about 1.5 kilometres southwest of the Comtois NW showing discovered by Maudore, who reported grades of 71.7 g/t Au over 1.2 metres and 0.80 g/t Au over 40.80 metres about 12 kilometres northwest of the Comtois gold deposit (see Maudore press release dated June 6, 2012). Anomalies EM-17 and EM-18 are respectively located about 2 kilometres and 4 kilometres northeast of the Notting Hill showing, in a flexure zone bordering an intrusion.
The Laflamme property covers more than 50 kilometres of favourable stratigraphy and structures with potential for orogenic gold, volcanogenic massive sulphides (Cu-Zn), and magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE deposits associated with ultramafic rocks. This property was acquired in 2008 based on the presence of significant gold, copper, and zinc anomalies in till, identified under the Octave project jointly led by the Ministère des Ressources Naturelles et de la Faune (MRNF) and the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC).
The Laflamme project comprises 682 claims covering a surface area of about 359 square kilometres and is a joint venture between Midland and Aurbec Mines Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maudore (MAO: TSX-V).
About Midland
Midland targets the excellent mineral potential of Quebec to make the discovery of new world-class deposits of gold, PGE, base metals and rare earth elements. Midland is proud to count on reputable partners such as Maudore Minerals Limited, Teck Resources Limited, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, Donner Metals Ltd., Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation and SOQUEM Inc. Midland prefers to work in partnership and intends to quickly conclude additional agreements in regard to newly acquired properties. Management is currently reviewing other opportunities and projects to build up the Company portfolio and generate shareholder value.